1. ألا كلّ خال سوف يحبو ابن أخته

    وأنبئت خالي قد حبا بالقصائد

    Indeed, every uncle will give gifts to his sister's son.

    And I was told my uncle had made a gift of poems.

  2. فإن كنت قد أنذرتني سيل شعبة

    وإني امرؤ حامي الحقيقة ماجد

    So if you have warned me of a ravine's torrent,

    I am indeed a noble man who guards his honor.

  3. أنا البحر ما يلمم به البحر يغشه

    وما البحر كالشعب القضيف السواعد

    I am the sea: whatever the sea comes upon, it engulfs.

    And the sea is not like the ravine with its slender arms.